Canada: The Iceman Cometh

Real winter came to western Canada last week in the blowiest, snowiest,
coldest storm since record-keeping began in 1884. It laid a heavy white
hand on the Rockies, then roared down across the prairies. It snapped
power and telephone lines, blotted out roads, buried autos, stalled
snowplows, isolated towns, made kids happy by closing schools. In
Edmonton, where a new record for mid-November warmth (60°) had just
been set, the storm shoved temperatures down to 24° below zero.